IZA Workshop on Understanding Informal Employment in Transition: The Case of Georgia

Friday, November 25:

				Open Session
08:30	-	09:00		Registration
09:00	-	09:10		Greetings by Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
09:10	-	09:40		Presentation of the Project “Understanding Informal Employment in Transition: The Case of Georgia” by Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA)
09:40	-	10:00		Thoughts on the Project by
10:00	-	10:30		Some Aspects of the Theoretical Literature on Informality and Informal Employment by John Bennett (Brunel University and IZA)
10:30	-	11:30		Developments of the Labor Market in Georgia by Norberto Pignatti (ISET, Tbilisi State University and IZA) Karin Torosyan (ISET, Tbilisi State University)
11:30	-	11:45		Coffee Break
11:45	-	12:45		The CRRC Data Set: Sampling Approach, Questionnaire Development and Field Work Management by Koba Turmanidze (The Caucasus Research Resource Centers)
12:45	-	13:00		Summarizing the Morning Session by Zahra Siddique (IZA)
13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00	-	14:45		Presentation of the 2009 RLMS Supplement on Informality by Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna and IZA) Fabian Slonimczyk (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
14:45	-	15:30		Work on Informal Employment and Risk Attitudes in the Ukrainian Labor Market by Melanie Khamis (Wesleyan University and IZA)
15:30	-	16:00		Work on Informality in Russia by Fabian Slonimczyk (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)
16:00	-	16:15		Coffee Break
16:15				Open Ended Discussion on the Material of the First Day
18:30				Dinner at Restaurant “Roses”, Martinsplatz 2a, Bonn

Saturday, November 26:

				Closed Session
09:30	-	16:00		Discussion about Design and Wording of Supplement on Informality to the CRRC Main Survey
				In Between
11:00	-	11:15		Coffee Break
13:00	-	14:00		Lunch
19:00				Dinner at Restaurant “Im Stiefel”, Bonngasse 30, Bonn